As the cold winter days receded, the pale and yellow landscape of St. Herte dissipated with the arrival of the spring breeze.

The color of the sky gradually changed, from a gloomy gray to a brighter and bluer one.

The sun no longer hides behind the clouds, its warm light shines on the earth, giving comfort and warmth.

The frost on the branches of the trees beside the road melted quietly in the sunlight, revealing a little moss-covered bark, and the buds on the branches swelled, and the tender green leaves regrown, forcefully passing through the branches, revealing a pleasant new green.

It is really full of vitality, and the realm of all things is still in front of us.

But in this infinite spring scene, the mood of the first-year students of St. Helte was not infected at all, and the mood became more and more dull.

In the past month, with the infection of "Rutgers' poison", the atmosphere of the entire first grade has been filled with tension and anxiety.

The students worked hard day and night, constantly challenging their limits, immersed in the competition for credits, and did not dare to relax for a moment, lest they fall behind others.

Many people can't help but start thinking about how the Demon King Academy survived so long last semester.

The Hilmi Academy was even more so, as many of the cadets had been rewarded by the Breed Leader's crusade against the Cultists, and they naturally started earlier.

Unlike the one-tenth of the other colleges, the credits of the Hilmy Academy have to be handed over and redistributed in full.

As a result, many students who had never set foot in the Braider Collar during the holidays had to work harder, and those who had previously received awards were afraid of losing their advantages and were inevitably driven by pressure to compete together.

Under high pressure, resentment inevitably began to spread.

Many students jointly submitted proposals to the head of their own colleges to abolish the new allocation plan, but most of them rejected it on the grounds that if it were abolished, it would definitely be completely abandoned by other colleges.

After that, she went back and forth to the courtyard of Hilmi, but the saint who had been gentle and polite in the past was very resolute about it.

At this point, everyone understands that it is still necessary to find the source of all this evil, Rogth Breed.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the window lattices into the classrooms of the spiral tower.

Instead of listening to the various knowledge narrated by Alana on the podium, Rogers flicked the barrel of the quill with his fingers, and kept wandering on the manuscript paper in front of him, outlining the gear structure with helical teeth, gradually forming a complete planetary gear transmission system.

Ever since he took Professor Kuli's enchantment class, he had always had the idea of bringing this system to life, after all, the power source was already in its infancy, and the supporting machinery should also be improved.

He tugged at the monocle he was wearing, searching for the knowledge of the various mechanical devices in his mind.

It's a pity that he was not an engineering student in his previous life, and most of the theories came from various popular science videos that he had watched in his spare time.

For example, he knows the gear structure of the mainspring and the heavenly wheel system, the swing wheel and the escape wheel system, but unfortunately he only knows it, and he doesn't know when it will become a reality.

In addition to the enchantment class, he also took Alana's ancient magic language class and Idrul's magic plant class.

Alana's course teaches basic knowledge of analyzing spells in a linguistic way, and most of the students who took her course quickly changed classes after trying to endure a few boring lectures.

Rogers was pleasantly surprised, as he found that Alana had greatly advanced the subject during the holidays, and the links to certain concepts had significantly improved his mastery of spells.

As for the Demon Plant class, because the materials need to be prepared, it is still only a theoretical cognition, and it cannot be regarded as a real class.

"What the hell do you have in your head?" Alina leaned over Rogeth and looked at the structural drawings in front of her, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

"I said you, don't get so close every time." Rogers shrugged his shoulders slightly and pushed Alia's chin away.

"Are you going to write a book? If a book is published, the Craftsman Association will not hesitate to put it on the altar when it sees this knowledge, right? Alina asked curiously, looking at the many drafts Rogers had written.

"There's this idea." Rogers felt his cheeks pressed against the warm, soft skin, and he could clearly feel the breath of the other party.

However, the slender hair followed and scratched his ear, which made him feel itchy for a while, so he couldn't help but turn his head away, lift the quill, and use the top feather to pluck his ear to get rid of the itch.

At this moment, a ball of paper smashed from the front row and rushed towards Alina's forehead.

She pinched the paper ball neatly with her fingers, squinting slightly at Alice, who had just turned her head.

Alana on the podium naturally saw this scene clearly, but it only made the rhythm of her lecture pause slightly, and did not make any substantive warnings or credit deductions.

"Well, this is the news that the Holy Maiden has given you." Alina spread out the paper ball, glanced at the words on it, and handed it to Rogers.

"Is it just now? I thought it would be earlier, the third prince is a lot smarter than before this time, it seems that everyone is growing. Rogers put his pen aside, looked at Alice's message, and approvingly.

On paper, many of the students had gathered, including many of Hilmy's fellow students, who wanted to come to Rogus and persuade Alice to abandon the current credit allocation policy and return everything to the way it was before.

From the time the Third Prince led the Augustes to follow the distribution rules, Rogers had expected such a day.

This is a naked conspiracy that makes him a public enemy of the grade.

If the Hilmy Academy would not object under the pressure of him and the Holy Maiden, then bring the entire grade of students.

People are always like this, the more they gather, the more courageous they become, and what they didn't dare to do alone can only become fearless when they are in a large group.

"If it weren't for the fact that the story of him and Caspar had become more and more enthusiastic, and everyone had to divert everyone's attention as soon as possible, it would have been a little later.

"After all, the three courses you took couldn't improve your combat power in the eyes of your classmates, plus you hide in the corner every day and don't listen to the lectures well, the more time passes, the more confidence they will have.

"So, what are you going to do?"

Alina ran her fingers back behind her ears as she turned her head and poked her fingers at Rufia, who was sleeping on the table.

The little princess was "abused" by Alina because of the holidays, and she had already learned most of the knowledge in the public classes in the next semester, and she was often pulled to "tutor" at night, so that she often took a nap when she found an opportunity during the day.

At least he knew that he would be disgusted when he flew like flies, and he didn't play any tricks on us.

"Isn't the Spell Duel Contest coming? As long as I bring you a joyful competition, I believe that everyone will be persuaded by me, and then fully realize the importance of hard work. ”

Rogers shrugged his shoulders and replied, setting aside the crumpled paper from Alice, and continuing to write down the various ideas and legends of the gear structure.

It is impossible to let go of a steady stream of large credits, and in his opinion, there is not much to think about in this kind of thing, but how to be promoted quickly after becoming a researcher is more important.

As the evening canopy gradually descends, the sun that is about to completely dissipate shines through the velvety floating clouds, dotting the sky with amber spots.

Before Arana left, announcing the end of the lesson, Rogus got up from his seat with a book and stack of manuscript paper in one hand, and prepared to walk out of the classroom with Alina and Rufia.

It's just that the three of them just walked down the stairs and came to the empty space in the front row of the classroom, and a group of students wearing various uniforms surrounded him.

There were also many students gathered in the seats behind the back and outside the classroom door, and their eyes fell on Rogers, full of resentment and resentment.

"Chief of the Hilmi Academy, we have something to say to you." Rivers gritted his teeth and stopped in front of Rogers, cheering himself on as he looked at the crowd around him that seemed to give him strength, and tried to speak.

He didn't accurately address Rogers as the deputy chief, because in the eyes of everyone, he was the one who was really in charge of Hilmy, not the Holy Maiden.

"Please." Rogers looked at the freckles on the face of the person in front of him, and remembered the guy who seemed to be used by himself to score points in the freshman competition.

"Please abolish the bad credit distribution rules, and all of us don't want to be exhausted by their oppression anymore.

"If you insist on going on like this, then we will launch a spell duel with you one after another until you agree!"

Rivers's words became firmer and more intense, especially after being echoed from all sides, and his tone became even more like an order, making his face flush as if he was enjoying pleasure.

Rogers often turned into nightmares that haunted his dreams, and he felt that even if he had collected all the credits from those inferior students in the name of Rogers, he would have paid them back, so why should he be tortured like that.

And what made him even more hateful was why such a beautiful Alina and Xiao Gong were mainly around this guy in front of him, and why would the noble saint follow such a bad advice.

While everyone was working frantically, Rogers hid in the corner of the classroom every day and didn't know what he was doing, and the professors even let it go.

It's all so unfair!

And at this moment, he can gather the will of the entire grade and give Rogers a due warning!

Rogers didn't reply immediately, he raised his hand to stop Alice, who had just arrived to speak, and his eyes swept to the Hilmi Academy students who were mixed in the crowd around him, and asked curiously:

"Fellow students, many of you have received favors from the crusade against cultists, right? Do you remember who gave you this opportunity?

"And the students of the Demon King Academy, do you remember how many credits you got last semester? Even if it's the last place, it can be ranked in the middle and upper reaches of the level among other colleges, right?

"Obviously, as long as you work hard, you can also enjoy a lot of resource allocation because of the advantages of our hospital in the team competition. But do you also blame me for the pressure you put on yourself?

"As for the affairs of other academies, why are you looking for me, the deputy head of the Hilmi Academy? Don't you have your own chief?

"If you want to trouble me, you can say it, and if you want to have a private spell duel, it's no problem.

"So, who starts first? Is it Ryles-san, you? ”

Many of the students of the Hilmi Academy couldn't help but show a little weakness in their eyes, and they all avoided the gaze cast by Rogers.

Rivers tried to correct his name loudly, but when he saw Rogers' gaze returning, he subconsciously swallowed it back.

"Is that you? Do you want to fight me first? Rogers stepped forward, his gaze gently but genuinely on the other, his voice softly inquiring, like a breeze gently brushing through his ears.

However, this expression made Rivers's eyes widen unconsciously, as if he had seen the scene of the freshman competition, the same tone, the same smile, and then the tragic experience that made him unforgettable.

"Rogers' electives won't improve him at all! But we're all different from last semester, Rivers promised! ”

"His only mastery of magic last semester was envoy magic! But there are no ghosts for him in the spell duel! Don't be afraid! ”

"That's right! Not anymore! It's not that whoever has a great demonic power is stronger! ”

“……”

A series of cheers came from the crowd, all of them were students of the Augustus Academy at first, and then many students from other colleges joined in, and they persuaded Rivers together.

"I still have a lot of things to do, either now, I can ask Dean Idrul to arrange a venue for a duel as soon as possible, how about it in the arena where I originally duel with Caspar?" Rogers' smile and tone remained unchanged as he continued to ask.

"I ...... I ......" Rivers couldn't help but take a step back as he watched the other hand raise it and try to put it on his shoulder.

He's willing to use the momentum to appeal to Rogers for the entire grade, but he doesn't want to take the lead himself!

"Wait! Wait a minute! It's almost time for the Curse Showdown! I heard you had a gambling fight with the Third Prince, right?! We can bet too!

"As long as I lose, I'll pay you five hundred credits! But if I win, you promise to abolish the distribution rules, how about that proposal? ”

Rivers' voice became dry and nervous, and the crowd that had boosted his confidence seemed to turn into a curse that wanted to push him into the abyss, and he couldn't help but feel resentment and regret for a while.

"A thousand credits is fine." Rogers replied very dryly, and then his gaze swept to the surrounding students, "Are there any other students coming?" ”

Silence fell in an instant, and everyone who was swept by him subconsciously looked away, and the loudest cheers were even a few steps back.

"Then it's just a thousand credits, and it's a bet that everyone bets against me, does anyone think it's unfair? I can say it now, I'm very generous, and it's okay to discuss it slowly. ”

Seeing that the crowd was still quiet, Rogers acquiesced, and he walked around Rivers and headed straight for the door.

Alina and Rufia followed him closely, and they watched as the cadets in front of Rogus separated as if they were running into a rock, and they all tacitly gave way to a fairly wide path.

Everyone watched Rogers' departing figure, and no one took the initiative to speak, and the starlight outside the window flickered, as if they were looking at this silent space.

(End of chapter)